Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-19
LOCAL BREYITIES.
The farmers are crying for rain.

Inc farmers are crying Tor rain.
I Lily of the Valley bouquet social to-
night.
| A new car for the Highland Park Rail-
road arrived by steamer yesterday morning.
On Thanksgiving Day a grand charity
ball game will be played at Snowflake
Park in aid of the Infants Shelter.
Tomorrow evening at the Congregational
Church, Rev. w. c. Merrill will deliver d
lecture, subject, The Royal Archer"
Cloth canopies " la Supreme Court u
are being constructed over the Judges
| bench in both departments of the Superior
Court.
His hands and feet were stiff and cold.
his brow with dew was wet; the coroner
wrote in his record book, He smoked
cigarette"
The lot at the northeast corner of Seventh
and X streets is a disgrace to the city.
Somebody will get hurt there, and the CITY
will have to pay for it.
Some native sons and daughters paid
Sacramento visit yesterday. Their wicki-
ups in the dark tree shades in the northern
citrus belt, near the classic town OF Auburn.
The Wilbur and Saunders boys, who
have been missing from home have turned
up all right. The former went to Placer
'iliC sIAb tAit ldNtCi IludG WISH 10 the
Bay.
a family which lives on NJ street is the
possesSor of a dog, NANCY cur, that has
lately bitten several little children. They
refuse to kill the animal, and defy any one
else to do so.
Mrs. n. B. Vivian died at her residence
on Fourth street, between X and L. yester-
day after brief illness. The deceased was
the mother of Mrs. L. C. Hart and Misses
Gala and Flora Vivian.
Considerable trouble has been caused to
the officials at the railroad depot relative
to the hackmen, who seem to be very ieal-
Gus OF one another. Such conduct as was
INDUCED in there yesterday should be
promptly sat down upon by the police.
" Be Good to Yourself" is the subject of
DR.. Holton's lecture at Y. NJ. c. A. Hall on
Monday evening. 1t is said to be a grand
effort, whether considered as an oratorical
effort or as to the subject matter" and has
been well received both in the East and on
the coast.
Yesterday afternoon DIR. G. B. CLOVIS
horse became frightened at one of the en-
glnes near the depot and started ON a run
away. The doctor was thrown from the
buggy, but happily escaped injury. The
horse freed himself from the buggy, but
was caught after going short distance
Yesterday lady tourist was seated on
the steps OF the State Capitol writing let
ter. She remarked to one of her friends
that she now had written a letter on the
stone steps of every State Capitol in the
Union, except Nevada, and she would stop
over at Carson, while en- route East, for the
express purpose.
There will be racing at Agricultural Park
to-day between Joe S, Solitaire, Dolly
Bloodstone and Alpha. In yesterdays
race Pasna and Connemeara each won two
heats and Clara G. one. Best time was 2:31
by Pasha. 1t was postponed until to-day,
and those who paid admission yesterday
will not have to do so to-day.
The remains of the lawyer A. A. Cohen,
who died on the Union Pacific Railroad
while en- route to this coast "Wednesday.
will pass through Sacramento on the over
land train to-day. The car containing the
casket passed Ogden on Thursday morning.
On arrival at Oakland the remains will be
removed to the deceased's late residence at
Ferndale.
A San Francisco gentleman was a caller
at the Governors office yesterday. Point
ing to Private Secretary Boruck, he said,
Governor, how is my boy getting on? ?"
He can answer for himself" replied the
Governor. Mr.. Boruck, smiling, replied
" am getting on fine, sir. The Governor
does just as he pleases and he allows me
to do just as he pleases.'
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was Go, being Ito warmer than
the normal for that day The highest and
lowest temperature was 750 and 400, with
brisk to fresh and gentle northerly winds
and clear weather. The barometer is ex-
tremely high in Washington Territory and
Oregon and low in Southern California,
which is the cause of the northerly winds
now sweeping over the Pacific slope.